Field trips

Field trips are held on the third Sunday of every month throughout the year. Trips may be rescheduled if the weather on the day is not suitable. The committee puts together the programme of trips, and committee members and others are responsible for organising and leading each trip. We welcome suggestions from members about places you’d like to visit. Please send your ideas to nelsonbotanicalsociety@gmail.com.

Information on trips and organiser contact details are given in the monthly email newsletter. Please let the organiser know if you intend to come no later than the end of the Thursday before so we can send time and meeting information, arrange car pooling, and notify cancellations or changes. Passengers are expected to pay 15 cents per kilometre to the driver.

Field trips last a full day, so you’ll need to bring lunch and snacks, and also appropriate footwear and clothing.

Although the society does have a permit to collect small samples for identification purposes on Department of Conservation land, it is not permitted to collect seed or cuttings for private use or to hand on to other parties. On private land, we should only collect material if we have the permission of the landowner.

Meetings

Meetings with speakers are held from April to September on the Monday following the field trip. They start at 7.30 pm and the venue is the Jaycee Room at Founders Park. Speakers will usually talk for about an hour and there will be time for questions. Tea and coffee are served after, and there is a sales table.
Click here for a map of Founders Park

Camps

Over some major holiday weekends and at other times, two- to three-day camps are held at a variety of locations, sometimes in conjunction with other botanical societies. Advance notice and details of these will be in the monthly newsletter and on the website.